With the weather finally improving, many of you will be looking forward to weekend drives and long distance trips. This makes saving money on gas even more important. Here are some tips to do that:

1. Don’t have unnecessary weight in your car. Items in your trunk like golf clubs add extra weight, which takes extra gas to move your car.
2. Use your brakes as little as possible. Coast up to red lights and don’t tailgate. Every time you brake it means you used more gas then you needed too.
3. Make sure your tires are at the proper pressure. Check the pressure once a month as leaks and temperature changes will deflate them. Under-inflated tires decrease your fuel efficiency.
4. Use cruise control on highways. Keeping a constant speed is better than slowing down and speeding up.
5. Try to avoid traffic. Not only will this save you time, but not idling will save you gas.
6. Consider moving closer to work. I’m about to to this and will cut my gas expense by more than half. This could also prolong the life of your car.
7. Don’t keep roof storage, bike racks or ski racks attached to the car unless they’re needed. These cause wind resistance and your car will burn more gas to overcome this resistance.
8. Drive under 100 km/hr. Apparently your car’s fuel efficiency drops considerably after this speed.
9. Use a credit card and a points card that saves you money on the pump price. Even if you only use this credit card for gas, getting an extra discount is a plus.
10. The most obvious one, you might want to consider the car you drive. Getting a smaller car or a hybrid might greatly increase your fuel efficiency over your current vehicle.

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